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Biblical Dictionary in Four Volumes - Augustinus Calmet, 1725-1731 - Etchings
Het algemeen groot historisch, oordeelkundig, chronologisch, geografisch, en letterlyk naam- en woord-boek van den gantschen H. Bybel. Versierd met noodige landkaarten en koopere plaaten, dienende tot de gedenk-stukken der Jooden en andere oudheden, ter opheldering der H. Schrift. [Etymological, encyclopedic, geographic, chronologic dictionary of the bible with copper plates etchings], Augustinus Calmet, Leiden-Amsterdam 1725, 1727,1731. Dutch with additions in Hebrew. Four volumes of Calmet's dictionary present an anthology of articles, in alphabetical order, about biographies, archaeology, geography and other biblical themes. Augustinus Calmet (1672-1757) – French Catholic theologist, historian and bible researcher. Calmet was a pioneering researcher who scientifically studied the bible and his studies served other researched through the 19th cent.
First volume: 1725, 321, 40, 19 pp + [48 plates, one map detached]; second volume:1727, 604, 230 pp + [65 plates]; third volume: 1731,[18],392 pp + [29 plates]; fourth volume: 1731, 393-924, [24] pp + [23 plates]. Volumes 41.5 cm. Good condition, contemporary leather bindings, worn corners and spine. Minor tears and spots, some handwritten comments, professional restoration to some leaves.
